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On the ancient battlefield, there was no so-called munitions, nor so-called guns and bullets, only soldiers on both sides fought together, and the number of casualties could be said to be innumerable.
But every time the general gave an order, the soldiers directly swarmed up and fought to the death.
Especially the soldiers standing in the front row, almost without the slightest hesitation, rushed forward desperately, not afraid that their lives would end here.
So what made them know that they were going to face death in the next second, but they still rushed to stand in the front row without hesitation?
In ancient times, soldiers relied on spears, swords, knives and other weapons in their hands to fight each other, and whether they won or lost, they always had to experience a life-and-death battle.
Because often in the end, you will fall into a situation of "either you die, or I die".
And the soldiers who can stand in the front row also need conditions, they are generally veterans with a lot of battlefield experience, and basically there will be few new melon eggs.
Although it is said that whenever there is a shortage of manpower, some strong men will always be recruited into the ranks of the people, but the vast majority of soldiers like this without any experience will not be arranged in the forefront.
Moreover, on the ancient battlefield, the arrangement of troops was particularly important.
Whether the striker can disrupt the opponent's formation will also affect the attack behind the army.
Therefore, when preparing for the war, the generals generally carefully select a team of excellent men and horses to stand in the front row for the advantage of gaining the first hand on the battlefield.
But if that were to be said, wouldn't these experienced soldiers be afraid of death?
In fact, the purpose of doing this is not only to obey orders, but also to reward them behind them.
As the saying goes, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier."
In other words, it will not work just because you feel that you have the ability to be a general, and the most important thing is to let your superiors see your ability.
If you keep cowering and waiting for the "head" behind the general, then the idea of becoming a general will only appear in a dream.
If you want to be promoted step by step, you must show some real skills, not only to fight bravely and kill the enemy, but also to protect the safety of the generals.
As long as you are brave enough on the front line and can survive, you will naturally be waiting for a reward in the end, which is recorded in the "Historical Records of the Colonies".
In the course of the battle, those who can take down the head of the enemy, those who can capture the city gate, and those who can pull down the banner of the enemy army at the first time will be rewarded in the end, but whether they can be promoted or not depends on the final merit.
But among these many dynasties, the reward for decapitation and meritorious service was the greatest during the Qin Dynasty.
It was even divided into twenty grades according to merit.
The lowest is the public officer, whose requirement is to behead the enemy, but this is not an ordinary soldier, it must be an officer or a higher rank of the opposing party.
Although it is a bit too cruel now, at that time, as long as you wanted to make meritorious deeds, you had to do it.
And it must be to stand in the front row and rush forward, because only in this way will there be more opportunities for meritorious service.
As long as he was awarded the title of "Gongshi", not only did his position rise, but he could even give a servant in terms of living conditions, and he could also have a hectare of fertile land and a good house, which could be regarded as a complete line of separation from the poor life.
Such a system can be said to have greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty at that time, and if the rank is above the third level, if they unfortunately die on the battlefield, the final merit can also be inherited to their families and children.
But no matter which level of these twenty levels is, as long as there is a violation of discipline in the army, or there is an act of wanting to be a deserter.
Then this will not only be removed from the military merit and punished, but also implicated in the people in their own team and punished jointly.
In the Ming Dynasty, the most direct 10,000 taels of silver were used to motivate soldiers to make great contributions.
Because in that time of food shortage, nothing was more important than having a good meal.
But such rewards and punishments can indeed motivate more soldiers to stand in the front row.
But what makes people curious is, how do they calculate how many people they have killed and how many merits they have made?
Because of the reward and punishment of meritorious deeds, there is always a steady stream of people who are willing to stand in the front row before every time they go to the battlefield, and they all want to take this opportunity to get a reward.
But when the final calculation of the results was made, how did the army know that the soldiers did not take the opportunity to get by?
After all, there is no special person to watch, and there are so many people, how can it be possible to see it all at once.
But in fact, as long as you know about the past wars and history, you know that after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the soldiers attached great importance to military merits.
And the most cruel method of counting is actually to bring back the heads of the enemy army, which is actually recorded in "Warring States Policy: Han Ce".
However, because this method was too brutal, and the phenomenon of random plundering of ordinary people followed, it was not stopped for long.
Later, it was changed to obtain the ears or fingers of the enemy soldiers as a basis for meritorious service, but this method was also banned after only a period of time.
But in addition to these two items, there is also a way to divide the soldiers into several squads, one by one, to attack the city.
If one of the team beheads an enemy officer, the whole squad will be rewarded, and the people around them will be able to testify to whether the decapitation was successful or not.
But if unfortunately all of them are killed, it will naturally be the team behind that will automatically make up for it.
In addition, there is actually the position of supervising the war in the army, in case someone wants to cheat in it, it can be seen by comparing it with the record of the warlord.
And from these points, we can actually understand how the ancients kept counts, and at the same time, we can also see that they fought to the death for their own camp and their military achievements.
But since there are people who are not afraid of death on the front line, there are also people who want to escape, and their fate is often very miserable.
The phrase "military orders are like mountains" is not only applicable to the present, but also to the past, no matter what side of the camp you are in, as long as you stand on the battlefield, you must not have the slightest thought of wanting to give up.
And in ancient times, as long as the order to move forward was given, it could not be retreated.
But once there is a phenomenon in the team that the soldiers want to escape, then there may be no need to wait for the general to order, and the soldiers next to them can come forward and give a break.
Although he was wearing the same armor, as long as he became a deserter, he would be blocked by the whole army, and if he found it, he would be killed on the spot.
In addition, there are still people in the army who supervise the army, and when they find that someone has retreated, it will be the same as above, or they will be detained first, and after the war is over, they will be punished.
Moreover, the most commonly used punishment method in ancient times was the "joint sitting system", and if a person escapes, the whole family may be implicated, and at the same time, he will be burdened with the scolding of others for a lifetime.
It can also be seen from this how the ancients punished deserters, but no matter what kind of consideration they are in at the moment, in fact, they should not be a person who escapes from the battle.
Whether it is a soldier standing in the front row, or a soldier who is ready to attack in the back, the purpose is one, to win for his side.
Because only by staying alive can you get promotion, wealth, and the ability to change your own life, and while the fighters in the front row are exposed to more risks, they are also given more.